This sounds insurrectiony!
Axios reported that some top House Democrats won’t certify a Trump victory.
House Oversight Committee Ranking Member Jamie Raskin, who has an obsession with January 6, is one of those Democrats:
What they’re saying: Raskin, the House Oversight Committee ranking member and former Jan. 6 committee member who objected to Trump electors in 2017, told Axios in an interview that if Trump “won a free, fair and honest election, then we would obviously accept it.”
- However, Raskin said he “definitely” doesn’t assume that Trump would use free, fair and honest means to secure a victory.
- Trump “is doing whatever he can to try to interfere with the process, whether we’re talking about manipulating electoral college counts in Nebraska or manipulating the vote count in Georgia or imposing other kinds of impediments,” Raskin said.
Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) objected to former President George W. Bush’s victory in 2004.
Schakowsky recently said, “I don’t know what kind of shenanigans he [Trump] is planning.” If he wins, she said the Democrats “would have to, in any election … make sure that all the rules have been followed.”
When called out, Schakowsy tried to backtrack because “she was ‘proud to … join all my Democratic colleagues in certifying the 2020 election’ and looks forward to ‘doing the same in January 2025.'”
Okay, lady.
House Rules Committee Ranking Member Jim McGovern (D-MA) objected Trump’s 2016 victory over loser Hillary Clinton:
Zoom in: House Rules Committee Ranking Member Jim McGovern (D-Mass.), who also objected to Trump electors in 2017, said Democrats would certify a Trump victory “assuming everything goes the way we expect it to.”
- “We have to see how it all happens,” McGovern told Axios – though he added, “My expectation is that we would.”
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) tried to calm down the rhetoric, claiming “there is little chance of an organized effort to decertify electors.”
But Jeffries leaves a slight crack in the door: “House Democrats are going to do everything necessary to … ensure that the winner of the presidential election is certified on January 6th without drama or consequences.”
In other words, prepare for chaos no matter who wins.
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